Amusement device.



G. F. PEGK.

- AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 190a.

Patented May 18, 1909.

CHARLES F. PEOK, OF OONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 2, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 451,282.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. PEOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coney Island, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices having special reference toa device of this nature which is adapted to convey passengers.

The invention has for an object the provision of an amusement devicewhich will give the passenger a rocking motion similar to that which isobtained by riding a horse without injuring the person or of any unduejarring during the manipulation of the devlce.

The invention has for a further object the provision of a device of thisnature which is simple in construction and which relies on the force ofgravity for its operation and one which can be economically erected.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device, Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the car and track, showing the track in cross section, Fig.3 is a detailed and enlarged view of the car showing the connectionbetween the hobby horse and the frame, Fig. 4 is a detailed view of oneof the bearing members which support the car upon the track, Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the spring plate employed in connection with thedevice.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a base or trestle which ispositioned at an incline from a latform 11 mounted at a considerableheight upon standards 12 and which is provided with a plurality ofuprights 13 which are disposed in parallel and support across theirupper extremities bars 14 which carry upon their opposite ends twoparallel rails 15 and 16. The rails 15 and 16 are of substantiallyelliptical cross section and are so positioned upon the ends of thecross bars 14 that the major axis is vertically disposed to present anupper and lower contact surface for a purpose hereinafter described. Therails 15 and 16 if preferred may be raised or depressed vertically inorder to give a vibration to the car which is passed thereover.

The car which is used in connection with this device comprises asubstantially flat rectangular surface plate 17 which is supported uponstandards 18 depended from the opposite corners of the plate 17 wherethey engage and are secured to guards 19 which are formed upon theirlower extremities. The guards 19 each comprise a metallic plate which iscurved at its opposite ends so as to form substantially an ellipse andwhich is provided in its opposite end with transverse shafts 20 uponwhich are loosely mounted grooved pulleys 21 for engagement with theupper and lower bearing surfaces of the rails 15 and 16. By reason ofthe formation of the guards 19 it is readily seen that it is impossiblefor the frame of the car to leave the rails without the breakage of theguards 19, and also that the pulleys 21 will be enabled to pass over thecomplete length of the rails 15 and 16 and carry the guards 19 therewithon account of the opening between the ends of the guards at the innerside of the rails to admit of the passage of the bars 14 therethrough.The plate 17 is provided with a leaf spring 22 which is of substantiallythe same length and width of the plate 17 and which is curved upwardlyto engage a hobby horse 23 positioned upon the upper face thereof. Thespring 22 is provided centrally and longitudinally with slots throughwhich are passed a plurality of bolts 24 which are carried by the plate17 and extended upwardly to engage in the hobby horse 23 to secure thesame thereon. The bolts 24 are loosely mounted in the plate 17 in orderto allow a rocking motion of the hobby horse 23 during the vibration ofthe frame supporting the same. The standards 18 of the frame are heldrigidly in position by braces 25 which extend across the frame betweenthe braces and which are secured at their opposite extremities to thebraces 18.

When in operation it is necessary to raise the car to the platform 11 inorder to start the same down the tracks 15 and 16. This is effected bythe use of the tracks 26 and 27 which are mounted at an incline from theground up to the platform 11 and an endless conveyer 29 disposedcentrally of the tracks 26 which is provided with a plurality of upv ofthe pulley 21 which support the car.

wardly extending arms 28 for engagement with the braces of the car tocarry the same upwardly upon the tracks 26 and 27 to the platform 11.When the frame is reciprocated or jarred in any manner the spring 22serves to deaden the shock of the same so that the rider will not besubjected to the variations incident to the construction orimperfections in the bearing surfaces of the tracks 15 and 16 which arecommunicated to the frame on account of the small diamelter he object inhaving the pulleys 21 positioned in the lower end of the guard 19 1s toprevent the rising of the car or of the displacement of the same fromthe rails 15 and 16 while in motion. 7

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising atrestle, a plurality of standards disposed on said trestle, saidstandards being disposed I in parallel, cross bars supported upon theupper extremities of said standards, elliptical tracks disposed upon theouter extremities of said cross bars in a vertical position and a hobbyhorse slidably disposed upon said tracks.

2. A device of the class described comprising rails, guards mountedabout said rails, grooved pulleys mounted in the upper and lowerextremities of said guards for engagement against said rails, standardsupwardly extended from said guards, braces laterally the upperextremities of said standards, e lip tically formed rails mounted uponthe outer extremities of said bars, guards slidably disposed about saidrails, grooved pulleys mounted in said guards for engagement with saidrails, standards disposed upon the up per edges of said guards, bracestransversely mounted across said standards on said guards, a platemounted across said standards, a spring disposed on said plate, ahobbyhorse loosely mounted upon the upper face of said'spring and aplurality of bolts carried by said plate and extended upwardlythrough'said spring for engagement with said hobby horse.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, 7

in presence of two witnesses.

. CHARLES F. PEGK.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. DAVIS, JOSEPH M. RYAN.

